Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Free Wine! a fitting first post

Because I'm currently hanging out with the kids here on the Upper West Side, I thought I would mention a couple local venues for free wine. Yes, the only thing better than wine is FREE wine!

If you're hungry and in the mood for some asian flavor, check out Silk Road Palace. Most chinese restaurants give you a free fortune cookie (always my favorite part of the meal), but SRP one-ups the competition by providing free plum wine with your food- which, incidentally, is also very affordable.

Read some reviews here.

Silk Road Palace
447 Amsterdam Ave
New York, NY 10024-5519
Phone: (212) 580-3465

I can tell you from personal experience that plum wine, while not the most high class beverage, will definitely get you pleasantly tipsy in no time.

While we're on the subject of free wine, I would like to give a shout-out to Little Shop of Crafts. Usually overrun with the underage set (watch out for toddlers wielding overloaded paint brushes), Little Shop kicks the kiddies out at 6:30 pm Wednesday through Friday so adults can embrace their inner artist and imbibe the complimentary wine. Little Shop has tons of ceramic, mosaic, and bead-related crafts, as well as paint-your-own dinnerware. The items are a little pricey, but as I already stated, this is about the FREE WINE, people. So cough it up for the holidays- give Mom a personalized gift she might actually use this year! And gift-makers remember- if you're not spending the money on yourself, it doesn't count.

Little Shop of Crafts
www.littleshopny.com
711 Amsterdam Ave (at 94th)
Phone: (212) 531-2723
*there's also an East side location, visit the website for details

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